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Texas official defends recorded racist remarks: ‘Get those blacks off the school board’
Not even trying to hide it anymore, are they? 
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/06/10/texas-official-defends-recorded-racist-remarks-get-those-blacks-off-the-school-board/
A Texas city council member defended racist comments she made in a private conversation that was recorded.
Connie Trube, a two-term La Marque City Council member, made the comments while discussing the financial and academic troubles in the La Marque Independent School District with the husband of a political adversary, reported KPRC-TV.
“It’s not going to get any better until you get those blacks off the school board,” Trube says on the recording. “She really turned black. She got on the school board with the rest of the blacks and they all just ganged up and that’s why the school system has gone to hell.”
City officials have launched an investigation of the remarks, and Trube has so far resisted calls by residents and other elected officials for her resignation.
Connie Trube, a two-term La Marque City Council member, made the comments while discussing the financial and academic troubles in the La Marque Independent School District with the husband of a political adversary, reported KPRC-TV.
“It’s not going to get any better until you get those blacks off the school board,” Trube says on the recording. “She really turned black. She got on the school board with the rest of the blacks and they all just ganged up and that’s why the school system has gone to hell.”
City officials have launched an investigation of the remarks, and Trube has so far resisted calls by residents and other elected officials for her resignation.
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Hmmm... "La Marque Clippers"... 
